landfill

Example Sentences

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Now, the landfill site will stay open for another four decades.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In 1982, Agnes Denes planted 2 acres of wheat seed into a thin layer of topsoil she’d spread over lower Manhattan’s Battery Park landfill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The organ preservation charity Pipe Up has carried out a survey and says five pipe organs each week are going to landfill.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

When they aren’t thieving, bald eagles also scavenge from roadkill or help themselves to free food found in human garbage or at the town landfill.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

The courtyard had been constructed over a landfill, and in order to start my garden, I had to excavate a great many rocks to allow the plants room to grow.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela